Edexcel S1 — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
TopicUniform Distribution
TypeFind parameter n from mean

7. The random variable \(X\), which can take any value from \(\{ 1,2 , \ldots , n \}\), is modelled by the discrete uniform distribution with mean 10 .
  1. Show that \(n = 19\) and find the variance of \(X\).
  2. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( 3 < X \leq 6 )\). The random variable \(Y\) is defined by \(Y = 3 ( X - 10 )\).
  3. State the mean and the variance of \(Y\). The model for the distribution of \(X\) is found to be unsatisfactory, and in a refined model the probability distribution of \(X\) is taken to be $$\mathrm { f } ( x ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { c l } k ( x + 1 ) & x = 1,2 , \ldots , 19
    0 & \text { otherwise } \end{array} \right.$$
  4. Show that \(k = \frac { 1 } { 209 }\).
  5. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( 3 < X \leq 6 )\) using this model.